Toy vehicle



i Vehicles, oit which the following is Patented Jen., B, 1923",y

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JAMES I-I.' COLLINSQOF HAEISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. l.

TOY VEHICLE. l

Application le March 3, 1221. Serial No. elli-)83 TociZZ lwhom #may concern.' Y y* Be it known that l, JAMES il. UoLLiNs, e

citizen of thelUnite'd States, residingl ai.

i-ierrisbur03` in thecoiu'itj.' o'it .Dauphin `and @tete of lgennsylvanie, have invented certain new and useful `improveinents in Toy zi speciliciition. y y f A 'ihe object oi this invention is to provide an article for use hy children of vtender years, not only es L toy but :is e safe Ineens for instructing` thein how to crawl and Welk,

- `oresent invention will provide them With a i Possible rto the hoor or i vehicle which wi'el. loe applicable to y fizhiidren younger thun Jdie ege et which 'they ere ehle to teilte up the use oit so-cslled kiddie-curs 4:indsimilm' vehicles id itis 'furthermore the object to pri 'euch u `device arranged' as close as othersurtuce upon wliiili the child um); he playvinog; to provide :i device Vwhich een he fixed with respect to :i giveu'i iocitiity ".i'ithii'i u rooin, so that the child phi "ig with the seme cannot operate it to dangerous places, such for instance 'meer the heedoi stairs und the like; to provide :i device adapted to he pivotull; mounted tol operate about u rtcinpore.. lined point7 und yet eiording quite u. suostzintiel range of movement; and to provide :i device of this cherecter so constructed in one forni thet the disc-like platform, adapted to support the child"si; ody7 is so closely adjacent to the floor thetthe child using it will sustain no injury in rolling off oi it.

` `With these :ind other objects in view, the present invention comprises further details of coiistruction `and operation hereinziiiier iiiuilvhroup'ht out in the 'followinga descrip tion' when remi in conjunction with the ecconipniiying drawings in which Fig'. l stop plain `view oi the preferred eml odinient oi" the invention; 2 is u side elevation or the same: Figj is :i 'front end view ot the same; Fig. 4 is a plsu view of n. silghtlv modified forni ci the device pivotelly niounted tosiving around :i block, in-

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steed or around @point upon aside Wall of l roomI` is shown in Fig; l; endFig A5 is i fragmentary bottonipln view of e still l Viurther inodii'icfii in of the invention.

lei'erring to the dreivings e disc l of Wood or other suitzibe materiel and coin-` prisini/` i vsezit member kis' provided with e bolster 2 and adjacent to one of the end portions of the seid disc, a plurality/.of Vsuitelole Wheels 3 being rotatably carried by the seid bolster against surfaces 'fiof the latter which are preferably enguiarly disposed with respect to each other for a purpose hereinafter described. y .i

rl'Che seid seet member may be either plane board 5 is shown in Fig'. 4i, or :is in ythe preierred torni where it comprises` enf enlarged portion` 6 adapted to beer 'the' weight oi the child end :i forward Aporticm 7 which the child teees and upon 'which it can iet' its rest, these saidportionsheing connected oy e preferablytiensversely Upon'` thel reduced intermediate portion 8. forward portion nuiy be secured cut-out meniiier 5 representing the headoi any weljknown :mined oi? which children are unif verszilly fond, the seine being` provided with hendgrippn ineinhers 10,1 which 't hiiiiselt noon the tov end which willL i L.. .i 1

ist hun in mounting end demountn1f v tue holster is the tree endoii a radius rneniber li i, the seme being rigidly fixed with respect yto said holster by means ot' lil-sce l2, While the resiportion oil the .member l is spaced above and supported with respect to seid radius ineniber by Ineznis'of e second holster i 13. The radius ineinher itself may continue rearwardly to any desired distance either es a single element err may be cut transversely es shown in the dotted lines lei, in

order to provide section 15 adapted to ed to he respeivtively engaged'Within e cor-f responding eye orhook 3.8 secured to the lower portion 19er :i wall such for instance the nop-hoard or surhese. Or, on the secured to the' underside 'thereoir` Secured to thelowerreer portion or". the

`S5 'vous something .o which schild leen supy other hand, the eye or hook 18 may as illustrated by Fig. 4 be carried by a block 20, Which latter is adapted to be secured removably to any part of the floor of a room or itself secured to the Wall.

Said block when secured to the floor being adapted to permit the body to describe a complete circle, the member 18 is secured into a Wall as shown in Fig. l, thepvvall obviously permitting the toy to describe only a partial circle, Which in most cases would approximate 180 degrees.

When avery small child is'to use such a ytoy as is comprised Within the scope of this invention, it is generally considered prefers able to employ the form shown in Fig. 4L, wherein the seat member 5 is secured directly to the radius member ll, and therefore is very close tothe ground, so that thek child can if desiredlie flat upon the seat board and propel the toy by meansof its hands and toes extending Vout over the sides of the seat member. It is because of the very nature 0f the movement of this toy, that is Valways describing at least an arc of if not a complete circle, that the surfaces 4 are angularly disposed with respect to each other, as`

are also the Wheels visibly attached thereto.

4th this construction, the axes of rotation of the Wheels converge at the pivotal mounting 17--l8, and as a result do not tend so readily to scratch or otherwise mar the floor or covering` of the same in an ordinary home.V

Referring to Fig. 5, a slightly `modified form of the device is shown, wherein the radius member 21 is enlarged at 22 in order to provide for an aperture 23, through which is revolvably positioned and adapted to rotate a preferably centrally positioned Wheel 24, which Wheel obviously adapts the device to support children of considerably greater Weight than could ordinarily be carried by the firmness of the device hereinbefore described, when no support is provided between the pivotal connection kWith a fixed member and the Wheels at the eXtreme free end thereof.

However, it `is'to be'understood that this invention also anticipates placing at least the major portion of the Weight of the child radially outward beyond the pair of Wheels 3, and also there may very likely arise occasions wherein it is Vdesired -to reverse the said member and animals head carried thereby, so that the latter faces towards the Wall, this last-named arrangement possessing a partic-r ular advantage, in that the .Weight of the child riding upon the device would be substantially if not exactly above the said Wheels.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is l. A readily portable toy, comprising a radius member, avseat member attached to one endof said radius member, a Wheel to movably support one end of said first Vmember in spaced relation With respect to a supporting surface, and disengageable means carried by the other end of said radius member to operatively support and readily attach said radius member to any desired object to serve `as a center about which said toy can be oscillated. v

2. A readily portable toy, comprising a sectional collapsibleradius member, a seat member attached to one yend of said radius In testimony whereof Ithave affixed my signature.

JAMES n. oonLiNs. 

